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Spire 3A16S2 chipset Cooler (Review)

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Spire 3A16S2 chipset Cooler

Supplied By: Spire
Written By: Rich
Price: $8.00
Written: 2/10/2003
 
 

 

 

Spire sent me some coolers awhile back and with them I found this chipset fan that I am reviewing today. I don't have any performance data on this because I couldn't find anything to run it on. This chipset fan is made up of a smaller heat sink and a sleeve bearing fan with a 2 prong power connecter.

 
Here are the chipset coolers specs from Spires website.
BGA "Chip" cooler
Dimensions 40x40x12 mm (L x W x H)
Bearing Sleeve bearing
Rated speed 4500 RPM ± 10%
Noise level 12.3 dBA
Air flow 8.0 CFM at 4500 RPM
Current A 0.12 A
Life Hours Sleeve: 30,000 /Ball: 50,000
Connector 2 Pin, MB / Vga card connector
Application MB Chipset or Vga Chipset
Thermal interface 3M Thermal sticker

 

According to the stats from spire's site this cooler should come with a thermal pad but it didn't. Honestly it's no big deal because I usually take them off anyway and use compound.

 

Here are some photos of the spire chipset cooler. Well in conclusion I am sorry this isn't a very insightful review but I just couldn't find any hardware that used a 2 prong clip, so I figured it would be worthless using it without the fan. On the good side it is a well built cooler and other then the sleeve bearings I would recommend it to someone looking to repair a stock chipset cooler, as long as they had the 2 prong clip. On the other hand The Zalman Chipset cooler is only 7 dollars and it has no moving parts that can go out. I think the best place for this cooler would be on a video card where you didn't have the room to use a large passive heat sink.

 
Pros
  • Well built
  • Great for that got to have time
Cons
  • 2 Prong clip (Cant use it on a lot of hardware)
  • Sleeve Bearing

 

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